Wharton 2013 - Calling All Applicants

I'm not sure when invites will officially go out but there is a chat scheduled for Oct 24 about interview tips/advice. Therefore, I'm guessing most if not all invites will be out by then.

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I was on the last chat with the AdCom, and lot of ppl asked this question. The members from the AdCom said something like they will start sending invites around end of Oct, and will continue doing so till mid November. Also, the invites will not be sent in any particular order.

I find it difficult to understand why they can't really send them atleast in a certain order. Do they print out all the files, put them in a big box and jumble them up and distribute the files among themselves

Thanks for the clarification. Do you know if they put up transcripts of the chats for those who couldn't attend?

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All those who submitted an app in Round 1 would have received an email from the admissions team at Wharton. Main highlights:

1. Your status reads Complete - All material received by admissions team and app forwarded to committee for review (My status is Complete)
2. Your status reads Received - They are still processing your application or still waiting for official/hard copies you were to submit (eg: GMAT Score).
3. Over 60% of all applicants submitted their R1 apps within 24 hours of the deadline. Hence, the team may take some time to review your materials
4. Interview invitations will start going out on Oct 23rd and will continue till Nov 9th. You need to complete your interview by Nov 30th
5. Interviews on campus will be held by Second Year students, off campus will be done by adcom members
6. Those who are not invited for an interview by 9th November, will be released from the process
7. Final admit decisions will come by 5 PM Eastern Time on 20th Dec

Also, the email smartly incorporates the element 'assuming you submitted all your material by the deadline' or something to that effect. Means, if your recommender submitted late, you may be in trouble.

Hope the above is helpful. All the best everyone!

Still on 'submitted' here. Clicked the 'submit' button on 9/30, 2nd rec didn't go in until ~3PM yesterday. I assume that is making the difference.

Dont fret over it.. I submitted mine ages ago on 9/26.... They have even said in the mail that it would take about a week for them to confirm that your app is complete...

Hard not to be anxious about any step of this process.

However, I'm now showing 'Complete.' So no worries there.

Same here, I was a little worried when I saw it. Interesting new design on the interview format...I can't imagine being in there with all the other hungry candidates trying to get a piece of the teamwork pie.

I am so happy to see Wharton has this new format, its innovation in itself. It also differentiates itself from other schools like Harvard and Stanford.